Peggy
It wasn’t until Peggy met with a dietitian that she began to understand the relationship between food and exercise. It led to a turning point in her life. Over the next eight years she balanced cardio with weight training and developed a positive relationship with food. Peggy is a member of the Sports Hall of Fame at the University of Toronto as she was a member of the only basketball team in U of T history ever to win a national championship. Coming from an elite athletic background you might think there was no room for improvement. However, Peggy is in better shape today than she ever was.
In her 20’s Peggy aspired to be long and lean like the athletes around her. It wasn’t until she was in her 40’s that she aspired to “be like me.” It was then that she discovered the secret to being fit. Peggy met with a dietitian and began to understand the relationship between food and exercise. She found that she was not eating enough and that was the turning point for her. Over the next eight years she balanced cardio with weight training and developed a positive relationship with food. As a result, Peggy lost 22lbs and is now physically more fit than when she was a competing athlete. “The key to my success has definitely been my diet. I’ve learnt that you can’t expect to see results with a crappy diet.”
Peggy joined the Health & Fitness Centre in 1995 and finds a real sense of community here. She enjoys the great relationship she has with the staff and a network of people like “the boys” who inspire her to push herself every day.
Peggy feels as though her commitment to daily exercise allows her to excel in her professional life. Faced with a competitive and predominantly sedentary work environment, exercise clears her head and helps her to manage stress. What is the key to her work/life balance? Getting her exercise done in the morning before her work day begins.
So what is next for Peggy? Getting stronger as she ages! She could not do one pull up in her athletic days, now she can do 4. The goal, 10 in her 50’s!
